Collectages

After 3 weeks of intense struggle in Guadeloupe —one of the French overseas “departments” in the Caribbean—during which one activist was shot dead and several others wounded, the LKP (Liyannaj Kont’ Pwofitasyon, or Collective Against Outrageous Exploitation) seems to have gotten the upper hand in their hard-fought battle. The  most talked about point was the [...]

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Speaking of crêpes I wanted to let you know about: please excuse the low resolution video of the opening of the live show: The Crêpe, the Theorist, the Chef and the Volunteer An audience participation staged multimedia performance by Belle Gironda & Nicole Peyrafitte (moi!) Probably the first performance ever addressing the live practice of [...]

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Crêpes is the first dish my grand father taught me how to make. The word itself warms my heart. Crêpes are made year around but the very special day is February 2nd (I am a little late!), also known as, Candlemas, Imbolc and of course Groundhog day. Candlemas is the purification of the Virgin Mary [...]

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Collective unconscious memories of ancient February festivals —helped by Ovid’s Fastis. This piece is part of the Calendar Series. Februa (February/Fevrier) play song Februa, Februa Carnival, blood, goat, dog Don’t pan-ic She no she wolf He no he god Februa, Februa It’s a stick, it’s a laugh She could be your mother Bringing flowers To [...]

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Finally back on the blog. It took me several weeks to move website and blog to a new web hosting company. I could not have done it without the help of WordPress guru: Jeff Houdyschell at www.wordpressmax.com. Meanwhile I have been cooking several fun recipes, I will report about them later but today I will [...]

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